9/30/2025 2:34:16 AM Legal Questions for Sustainability Team #5 By Chuck Wehland Emily Goldberg Knox Olga Gidalevitz Q: The California Air Resources Board put our company on a preliminary list of businesses subject to climate reporting under SB 253 and...
9/19/2025 3:55:39 PM New ESG Rules For Textiles in Europe and France By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Preslava Dilkova On September 9, 2025, the European Parliament adopted a new directive amending the Waste Framework Directive with respect to textiles and...
6/5/2025 6:16:09 PM European Commission Proposes to Postpone the Due Diligence Obligations for Batteries By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Preslava Dilkova On May 21, 2025, the European Commission filed a proposal to postpone the implementation of the due diligence obligations in Regulation...
5/19/2025 2:19:49 PM Commission Opens Pathway for Environmental NGOs to Challenge State Aid By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge The European Commission revised the Code of Best Practices for the conduct of State aid control procedures. The revised Code opens a...
5/2/2025 10:30:11 PM Financial Institutions May See Scope 3 Reporting Relief Under ISSB Proposals By Olga Gidalevitz The International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) proposed targeted amendments to IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures standard,...
4/29/2025 12:41:33 AM California Kicks Off Public Workshops on Corporate Climate Disclosure Rules By Olga Gidalevitz The California Air Resources Board (CARB) will host a virtual public workshop on May 29, 2025, to begin formal discussions on developing...
4/28/2025 9:33:36 AM New EU Road Safety Regulation Package By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge For better road safety and air quality across the EU, the European Commission is proposing a comprehensive overhaul of the EU's road...
4/18/2025 9:01:01 PM NGOs File a Formal Complaint Against the Omnibus Procedure By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge Dr. Jürgen Beninca Seth Engel Just as the European institutions adopted the “Stop The Clock” Directive, a coalition of NGOs filed a formal complaint on April 18, 2025,...
4/18/2025 1:30:11 PM The UN's International Maritime Organization to Adopt a Framework to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ships By Dr. Jürgen Beninca Olga Gidalevitz During its 83rd session from April 7 to 11, 2025, the International Maritime Organisation's (IMO) Marine Environment Protection Committee...
4/14/2025 12:21:01 PM EU Commission Pushes for Simplification of Permitting Procedures By Armelle Sandrin-Deforge The European Commission hosted an event on April 10 on “Implementation Dialogue on Environmental Assessments and Permitting”. The purpose...
4/10/2025 6:31:08 PM The Time is Now: Seeking to Reduce the EU ESG Burden By Seth Engel For those involved in corporate governance, securities law disclosures, or sustainability regulation, you are likely familiar with the...
4/10/2025 6:28:31 PM Trump Issues Orders to Block State Climate Laws By Amanda Dollinger Olga Gidalevitz On April 8, 2025, President Trump issued a series of executive orders directing the federal government to analyze state-level climate...